I am currently working on a Discord bot using discord.JS that involves creating a JSON database with specific values. I'm wondering how I can modify the code to edit a particular object within the JSON instead of completely replacing it.
if (message.content.startsWith("/requestdeposit")){
let moneyrequest = message.content.split(" ");
moneyrequest.shift();
moneyrequest = moneyrequest.join(" ");
var num69 = moneyrequest;
if(isNaN(num69)){
message.channel.send("You did not enter a valid number.")
}
else
{
requester = message.author.id;
let link = require('./money.json')
var userid1 = "";
userid1 = message.author.id;
link = {[userid1]: {
name: `${message.author.username}`,
balance: `${moneyrequest}`
}
}
const stringifiedrequest = JSON.stringify(link, null, 4,'\t');
fs.writeFile('money.json', stringifiedrequest, (err) => {
if (err) {
throw err;
}
console.log("JSON data is saved.");
});
}
}
An example JSON structure:
{
"427861168284106762": {
"name": "woodendoors7",
"balance": "1"
}}
Is there a way I can update only the object related to the user running the command, replacing their "name" and "balance", while preserving the rest of the JSON data?